In his final time taking questions from the media, Gov. Bruce Rauner said Tuesday that his top achievement in office was improving K-12 education. During the lengthy session with reporters, Rauner also said he was frustrated he could not get stronger ethics regulations in place for the legislature and that his parting recommendations to lawmakers will be to enact the "turnaround agenda" that he proposed at the outset of his term. Rauner called Tuesday's news conference to... [Read More]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will give the Democrats' response Tuesday night following President Donald Trump's speech making the case for money for a border wall to be included in any plan to reopen the government. [Read More]

PHOENIX – Phoenix police investigators are testing DNA samples from men who work at a Phoenix nursing facility in response to a vegetative patient giving birth there last week, according to KPHO. Hacienda HealthCare confirmed the search warrant for DNA samples Tuesday evening. The investigation prompted outrage nationwide last week after KPHO revealed a 29-year-old Native American woman living in a yearslong vegetative state had been impregnated at the facility. A week after the victim gave birth, Phoenix police have still... [Read More]

Today's storms have moved east, ushering the colder air into Ohio, but not before spawning the ONLY tornado in the USA today – The National Weather Service Cleveland confirmed a tornado around 10:25 am in Cortland (Trumbull County just west of Mosquito Lake). Now we're focusing on the temps plummeting and lake-effect snow kicking into gear. A winter weather advisory is in effect for Geauga and Ashtabula counties from 1 a.m. Wednesday until 10 a.m. Thursday. According to the National Weather Service, there could... [Read More]

WEST MICHIGAN — Winter weather will return across much of the area with accumulating lake effect snow likely through Wednesday evening/night. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES have bee posted for all counties along/west of U.S. 131 including Kent, Barry, and Kalamazoo. A general 1″ to 3″ will fall with some isolated higher amounts south/west and north/west of Grand Rapids. Below is the map of the counties under the advisory through 7 P.M. Wednesday. Most locations east of U.S. 131 will... [Read More]

A television station in Rochester, New York, fired a meteorologist Sunday after he used a racial slur on air. During WHEC-TV's Friday evening broadcast, Jeremy Kappell said "Martin Luther Coon Park," when referring to a downtown Rochester park named after slain civil rights movement leader Ma... [Read More]